"According to the Chrysler website, that's an '06. The complete VIN is: 1C3AN69LX6X069708"

Regardless of the model year designation the five year contract with Karmann is going to run out soon. Does anybody know if this was a fixed unit contract or a time period. Maybe 100 thousand total as the upper limit?

That does sound about right for a five year run of a limited production sportscar. So my question is...

What is the total US market sales of the Crossfire ?

I see last years sales were less than 1,400 total.

Even if they double that with discounts on the '06 models during this sales year, that's not a lot of cars !

My guess is US total sales will be around 20-25 thousand for the entire run.

That's one tenth the number of Mustangs sold in one single year.

So don't worry, this will always be a distinctive, unusual car.

Short-term, the discounts will depress resale value but the market will determine longer term value. Since these cars changed so little during the production run I'd bet model year designation will mean a lot less long term than mileage and condition in determining resale value.

I think the Impala SS might be a good example of a low production car which depreciated normally at first but then held it's value over the longer term. It's supply and demand at work.

Slim